Boy Prodigy to Enter Harvard
Frederick Santee of Wapwallopen Pennsylvania will leave town soon to enter Harvard at age thirteen, hailed as the Babe Ruth of his baseball team. He concentrates deeply, reads French Spanish and geometry, and aims for the Latin Scientific course then medicine. His parents note his precocity is balanced by hard work and a love of learning.
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Wapwallopen
Frederick Santee
L. Santee
Harvard University
Babe Ruth
Harvard
Frederick
Fred
Wilkes-Barre
Philadelphia
Uated
Central High School
Yankees
Waterbury brakeman amid rain signals locomotive at crossing
Thomas Doyle of Waterbury, a New Haven railroad brakeman, stood on a Torrington grade crossing wearing only a shirt and holding a lantern. Police escorted him to the station where he cursed. In court he said he had been changing rain soaked clothes in the caboose and rushed to signal the locomotive.
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Winsted
Conn
Thomas 5. Doyle
Waterbury
New Haven Railroad
Torrington
Doyle
Hurlbut
Goyle
Soviet fears peace threat to Russia and unrest
In London, Estonian foreign minister M. Piip warned Moscow that unemployment is a critical problem across Russia as peasant crops fail. He argued the Soviet regime cannot demobilize its large army, or instability and revolution could follow, while noting Bolsheviks fight Poland with captured Allied ammunition and Estonia prepares to block a Soviet foothold.
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London
M. Piiip
Poland
M. Piip
Dorpat
Europe
M. Pilo
Russia
M. Pip
Denikin
Kolchak
Esthonia
Hunt for eel data seeks spawning of freshwater eels
Cardiff, Wales. Dr Johannes Schmidt, a Danish scientist, seeks spawning freshwater eels in the Atlantic between the Azores and the West Indies. Professor W A Herdman of Liverpool University reports at the British Association on eel immaturity, migration, and the search for the spawning place, noting Leptocephalus larvae found west of the Azores at great depths.
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Cardiff
Wales
Johannes Schmidt
Atlantic
Ancres
West Indies
W. A. Herdman
Liverpool University
Streims
Europe
Herdman
mid-Atlantic
Doctor Schmidt
Italians End World’s Longest Morning Duel
In Rome Sig nor Giovanni Favino and Signor Domenico Durante dueled from 6:30 AM to noon in a fashionable restaurant and scorching sun. Neither gained advantage. they stopped at noon due to hunger and thirst, then kissed and walked arm in arm to a nearby cafe.
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Rome
Signor
Giovanni Favino
Domenico Durante
Chick's Crop Holds Lost Diamond Ring
Macon Mo Mrs Owen Dimmick found a valuable diamond ring in a chicken’s crop while preparing dinner and identified it as belonging to neighbor Mrs John Thomas who had lost it about six weeks earlier Mrs Thomas had worried and even consulted a carnival fortune teller who claimed she could locate the ring if given four dollars worth of goods the suggestion was refused
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Macon
Owen Dimmick
John Thomas
Thomas
Fresh water eel spawns in upper intermediate waters
A brief note describes spawning of a freshwater eel in the intermediate layers of the ocean, somewhere above the abyssal depths. The account highlights the eel's life cycle in mid water and hints at ongoing research into deep ocean migration.
Russian marriages to flee Russia near Viborg frontier
Finnish men are paid to wed Russian women to help them escape Russia. The scheme, popular south of Viborg, is costly yet effective, creating a legal Finnish marriage recognized by both countries. Troubles arise if the woman later repudiates the arrangement as couples travel from Russia to Riarajoke near Petrograd amid refugee exoduses.
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Viborg
Finland
Russia
Riarajoke
Petrograd
Occupation for the bored washing the dog on back porch
A Boston Herald piece notes dog washing as a diverting hour for the bored. It humorously details coaxing the hound, dragging it to the tub, and the chaotic bath that ends with Rover appearing clean though evidence may say otherwise. The piece plays on family dynamics and canine stoicism.
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Rover
Boston Herald
What defines a true gentleman beyond noble birth
The piece contrasts European word origins with the English sense of true gentility. It argues nobility alone does not make a gentleman, citing Shakespearean and modern examples, and praises French citizens who embody genuine courtesy and honor despite origins or titles.
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Larousse
Casa de Las Reyes
NATO
Shakespeare
Thomas Lucy
Edison Paper Shirt and Farm Woman’s Long Working Day
The article recalls an Edison idea for a paper shirt made of 805 layers that could be changed daily to avoid laundry costs, noting no record of market release. It also reports a North Dakota study finding farm women work twelve hours in winter and fifteen hours in summer.
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Edison
Germany
Department of Commerce
United States
Thomas A. Edison
State College
North Dakota
New Haven Register Quotes on Marriage and Auto Licenses
A humorous line reflects social pressures of the era, claiming a man must show two licenses, one for marriage and one for an automobile, illustrating evolving requirements and cultural expectations in romantic life. The quip underscores the growing role of mobility and legal formalities in relationships.
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Ics
New Haven Register
Bright Side of a Stiff Neck Comic Exchange
A man sidesteps gloom after a sudden stiff neck, joking about using the pose for a portrait. An optimist coins a bright side gag while a newspaper asks if Knicker-Was died naturally. A crowd quips on death, and a remark claims ceremony keeps fools away.
Arise and Face the Dawn With Determined Resolve
A declamatory call urges the reader to rise and seize the day as nature’s repair work is said to occur in sleep. The tale recalls a schoolboy mispronunciation and a bite of humorous modern chatter about motivation, kissing, and the value of minding one’s own business.
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